Images of Space | Universe Today

Written by Fraser Cain

Here are some amazing images of space. Enjoy!

This is an image of galaxies colliding together, and event that's happening right now, across the Universe. The larger galaxy is NGC 2207, and the smaller image is IC 2163. Events like this create vast amounts of star formation, causing galaxies to become more blue with young, hot stars. This image was taken by the Hubble Space Telescope.

This is an image of the galaxy M31, also known as the Andromeda Galaxy. This photograph was taken by NASA's Swift telescope, which normally searches for gamma ray bursts – the most powerful explosions in the Universe. This is a mosaic of images build up from 330 individual photographs taken by Swift in the ultraviolet spectrum.

This is an image of NASA's Skylab space station. It was photographed by the Skylab 4 Command and Service Module during its final fly around before it returned to Earth. Skylab was launched in 1973, and remained in orbit until 1979.

This is a beautiful image of the planetary nebula NGC 6751, captured by the Hubble Space Telescope. This nebula is located in the constellation Aquila, and looks like a giant eye. This comes from the outer layers that the star puffed out into space as it went through its final death throes. The hot stellar remnant can be seen at the center of the nebula.

This is an image of the Flame Nebula, also known as NGC 2024. It was captured by the European Southern Observatory in infrared light, which allows astronomers to see through obscuring gas and dust.

We've written many articles with cool images of space. Here's an article about some pictures of Earth from space, and here are some great space shuttle pictures.

If you'd like more space images, I suggest you check out NASA's Astronomy Picture of the Day, which releases a new image every day. You can also get amazing images from the Hubble Space Telescope.

We've done many episodes of Astronomy Cast about space. Listen here, Episode 99: The Milky Way.

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